Carter Sherman

And I think that a lot of people are taking comfort in the fact that within the mainstream pro-life movement, quote unquote, that this is not a politically popular position.

This is not what most people in the mainstream want to see happen.

But I can say, as someone who has covered this issue for many, many years, the idea that we would criminalize women for abortions has slowly but surely started to creep into mainstream thought.

Do I think that this is something we're going to see anti-abortion activists embrace in the next year?

No.

Do I think we might start to see it in the next 10 years?

Very possibly.

Right.

And if they're floating up ideas today, then within the next five to 10 years, we're going to start to see those things take the shape of laws.

Well, I think there are four major threats to abortion access that are imminent and that I am watching very closely.

Those are the things that I wanted to talk about because I do feel like, again, if you are someone who cares about abortion rights, you need to know about these things because they can sneak up on you if you're not paying close attention.

The first threat is that there are lots of lawsuits around Mifepristone and around access to abortion pills.

This lawsuit, the one that made its way up to the Supreme Court from the Fifth Circuit, that is going to continue.

It will likely get appealed at the Fifth Circuit.

It may ultimately go back to the Supreme Court for oral arguments.

But there are other lawsuits that have also been filed.

Most notably, there was a lawsuit filed by the Republican attorneys general of Kansas, Missouri, and Idaho that has also asked for the FDA to limit access to Mifepristone.

Got it.

They even recently filed paperwork while this case at the Supreme Court was ongoing saying we want to push forward.

We want to continue with this lawsuit and see what we can get.